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Attacks on Individuals Fall as Cybercrime Shifts Tactics

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Jan

2021

The nonprofit, which supports victims of identity crime, found that the number of U.S. data breaches fell 19% in 2020 to 1,108. But the number of individual victims of such cybercrimes fell 66% compared with the year prior. Ransomware and phishing attacks are now the preferred form of data theft because they require less effort […]

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Mozilla Discontinues Firefox Feature Abused in Malware, Phishing Attacks

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Sep

2020

Firefox Send, the browser maker reveals, is being discontinued because it has been abused for delivering malware and phishing attacks. The feature was designed for encrypted file sharing and became popular among a loyal set of users, Mozilla says. However, the company also admits that the functionality started being abused to send malware and conduct […]

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Cybersecurity and the economy: when recession strikes

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Apr

2020

Cybercrime and the economy have always been intertwined, but with COVID-19 on the road to causing a seemingly inevitable global recession, many are asking what, exactly, will the impact be on cybercrime. Will criminals step up and increase malware production, ramp up phishing attacks, do whatever it takes to pull in some cash? Or will […]

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